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Heat Wave

Heat Wave

The Watts uprising of '65 turned the police into killers... a community into ashes... and a young black journalist into a hero.

A rookie black journalist investigates the tensions of the Watts section of Los Angeles in the bloody summer of 1965.

HistoryDramaTV Movie

Release: 1990-08-13Runtime: 100 minRating: 6.2 (4)

Cast

Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson

Ruthana Richardson

Blair Underwood

Blair Underwood

Bob Richardson

Sally Kirkland

Sally Kirkland

Mrs. Canfield

James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones

Junius Johnson

Margaret Avery

Margaret Avery

Roxie Turpin

David Strathairn

David Strathairn

Bill Thomas

Glenn Plummer

Glenn Plummer

J.T. Turpin

Vondie Curtis-Hall

Vondie Curtis-Hall

Clifford Turpin

Paris Vaughan

Paris Vaughan

Lada

Harold Pruett

Harold Pruett

John Riggs

Crew

Klexius Kolby

Makeup Artist

Kevin Hooks

Kevin Hooks

Director

Thomas Newman

Thomas Newman

Original Music Composer

Donna Stamps

Set Decoration

Debra Neil-Fisher

Debra Neil-Fisher

Editor

Robi Reed

Robi Reed

Casting

Kathleen M. McKernin

Art Direction

Lyn Matsuda Norton

Script Supervisor

Barbara Amato

Script Supervisor

Mark Irwin

Mark Irwin

Director of Photography